Catholic Monarchs

Comprehensive history of the fall of Granada in 1492, marking the end of Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula after nearly 800 years and the conclusion of the Reconquista

Granada was the capital of the last Islamic kingdom in Iberia, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty from 1238 to 1492 CE. Home to the Alhambra, it was the final chapter of Islamic Al-Andalus, surviving two and a half centuries through diplomacy and culture before falling in 1492.